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"Personal Jesus" is a song by the English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was released as the lead single from their seventh studio album, Violator (1990), in 1989. It reached No. 13 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 28 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
The event would be echoed in the singer's twelfth solo album Personal Jesus, centered on Christianity. The album has been described as "a blend of rock, blues, soul and gospel." [2] [4] It is a collection of covers of classics and traditionals, as well as lesser known songs. [2]
A few months later, Martin Gore released his first solo album, Counterfeit EP. [4] By the middle of 1989, the full band was recording together, and they released the single "Personal Jesus" in August, a full 7 months before the album itself. [5]
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The majority of songs are covers which Cash performs in his own sparse style, with help from producer Rick Rubin.For instance, for the song "Personal Jesus", Rubin asked Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante to re-work an acoustic version of Martin Gore's song, which featured a simple acoustic riff that stripped down the song to a blues style.
The album was released under two CD configurations: a single-disc edition and a deluxe two-disc edition. [5] The initial pressings of the vinyl version of the album (the songs from disc one), that were bought online, also included "Personal Jesus" (Remix) b/w "We All Need Christmas" as a bonus 7" vinyl single. [5]
Juanes’ new album took two years to complete for many reasons. Countless No. 1s (his 2004 song “La Camisa Negra” continues to be a Spanish pop radio hit) and some 20 Latin Grammys later, the ...
Pink was the title of a long rumored unreleased album, which was abandoned in favor of the cover of Method Man's Bring the Pain and the subsequent album, Tight.. The album consists of fourteen previously unreleased songs recorded between 1990 and 1997, including cover versions of Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus" and Duran Duran's "Girls on Film".